Well-bucket.



P. THOMAS.

WELL BUCKET.

APPLIOATIOK FILED 00'1.17, 1910.

Patented July 11, 1911.

ammo o I Perry jfiaflm PERRY THOMAS, 015 SILVER'l ON, TEXAS.

WELL-BUCKET. 7

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 11, 1911',

Application filed October 17, 1910. Serial No. 587,577.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERRY THOMAS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Silverton, in the county of Briscoe and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Well-Buckets; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in buckets, andmore particularly to that class most commonly known as well buckets.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of this classprovided with a valve of such construction that when the same is loweredinto the well fluid will be admitted therein, and when the same iswithdrawn the said fluid will be retained against spilling.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a bucket comprisinga cylindrical shaped casing, provided with oppositely tapered ends, oneof which is provided with a valve, the same, when the bucket is loweredinto the well, adapted to contact with the bottom thereof and admitfluid into the bucket, the said valve closing as the bucket is removedfrom the well by the pressure of the fluid thereon and retaining thesame against removal from the said bucket.

A further object of this invention is to improve and simplify devices ofthis character, rendering them simple in construction, comparativelycheap to manufacture, reliable and eflicient in use and readilyoperated.

IVith the above and other objects in view this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formations, combinations andarrangements of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described,claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a side elevation of my improved bucket, and Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view therethrough, taken on the line a-a of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1designates generally my improved bucket, comprising a substantiallycylindrical member 2, provided at its ends with oppositely taperedextensions 3 and 4:, the upper end of which carries a ring 5, to whichany suitable suspending means may be attached. The opposite tapered endof the bucket has secured thereto a cylindrical sleeve 6, provided atits upper end with a horizontal flange 7 adapted to contact with theinner face of the tapered end 4 and serve to reinforce the same. Anapertured plate 8 is riveted, or otherwise secured, to this flange 7,together with a valve seat of any desired flexible material for thereception of a valve 9, reinforced, as at 10. by a suitable metal plate,and provided upon its lower face with a valve stem 11, comprising asubstantially inverted U-shaped 'member 12, the opposite sides of whichareconnected by a suitable brace 13. In order to prevent the totaldisplacement of the valve from the valve seat, a pin 14: connects theopposite sides of the cylindrical sleeve 6 and passes through theopposite legs of the U-shaped valve stem.

From the foregoing disclosure it will be manifest that as the bucket islowered into the well, the valve stem, which extends below the lowestextremity of the bucket, will obviously contact with the bottom ofthewell, raising the same and permitting the fluid to enter the receptacle,and as the receptacle is withdrawn from the well the pressure of thefluid contained within the said bucket will force the valve against theseat and retain the fluid therein.

Having thus fully described this invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A well bucket such as described comprising a tubular member havingoppositely tapered ends, suspending means secured to one end thereof, asleeve located in the opposite end of the said bucket, a flange upon thesaid sleeve engaging the end of the bucket, a reinforced valve seatsecured to the flange, a

valve engaging the said seat, and means for operating the valve andretaining the same against total displacement from the bucket.

2. In a well bucket such as described the combination with a tubularmember having oppositely tapered ends, supporting means secured to oneend thereof, a sleeve located in the opposite end of the said bucket, aflange upon the said sleeve engaging the end of the bucket, a valve seatsupported by the flange, a valve engaging the said seat,

provided With a substantially U-shapecl stem In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature adapted to operate vertically Within the in presenceof tWo Witnesses.

sleeve and unseat the valve by its contact 7 with the bottom of a Well,or the like, and PERRR THOMAS means for limiting the movement of thevalve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses:

R. B. BRALY, I-IILLoN R. BRALY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

